WINE: Everything You Need to Know

All for wine and wine for all!

You don’t need to be rich or have expert knowledge – just feel confident in choosing wines that will bring you joy. Drinks writer and broadcaster Olly Smith is here to walk you through the wonderful world of wine, teaching you how to find what you like and understand why.

From the basics of how to choose a good bottle, how much to spend and how to taste, to explaining wine jargon, Olly tells you everything you need to know to love wine more. Discover Olly’s Top 30 Wines to Try Before You Die, the Ten Commandments of Wine, his ‘Grape Thesaurus’ and also learn to pair the perfect wine to your food or mood.

Fun, witty and informative, Wine is the perfect accompaniment to a leisurely glass of vino delivered in Olly’s uniquely descriptive style.

Review

This is a lovely guide, for people like me… it will make you sound VERY intelligent and cultured. -- Matt Tebbutt

The nicest man in the world telling you about the nicest subject in the world. -- Ben Elton

Awesome book. -- Gary Barlow

Beautiful book… so shelf worthy. Everything you need to know about wine, literally… Just fantastic. -- Alex Jones

The only wine book I’ve ever read that I’ve enjoyed reading. Its full of information… It has wonderful stuff in it… basic things… basic information, and lots of inspiring stuff. I’m prepared to go back to being a wine student. -- Prue Leith

It’s here! And dear God, it’s a beauty. All you need to know about wine, from the great Olly Smith. -- Tom Parker-Bowles

A beautiful book. -- George Egg

Brilliant… A really good read… Written as ever in [Olly’s] glorious prose… It's very entertaining, really engaging, and just a brilliantly useful book… [I] highly recommend it. -- Helen McGinn

This glowing orange bible is all you need if you’ve found wine intimidating, it gives you all the cheat codes to sound like an expert! -- Pierre Novellie

About the Author

Olly Smith is the UK’s best-loved wine expert, with 18 years’ presenting wine on BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen. He has written about wine for the Mail on Sunday and the Daily Mail for 17 years and has six award-winning Glass House wine bars across P&O Cruises fleet. He has won countless awards in the wine industry, including International Wine and Spirits Communicator of the Year and Drinks Writer of the Year, and tours the UK every year as one of the Three Wine Men. Olly has appeared on primetime shows including Celebrity Mastermind, Bridge of Lies and House of Games. He has hosted more than 80 episodes of his hit drinks podcast ‘A Glass With’ featuring a dazzling array of celebrity guests. Olly is also patron of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust. He is the author of Home Cocktail Bible (2021) and World Cocktail Atlas (2023).